Obituaries

A native of New Bern, N.C., she had been a Peninsula resident for 50 years.

She attended Phoebus United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Bennett is survived by two daughters, Joan B. Boone of Lansing, Ill., and Linda B. Burton of Hampton; a sister, Celia Johnson of Farmville; three brothers, George Wetherington of Miami, Paul Wetherington of Hampton and Bob Wetherington of Richmond; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

Arrangements are incomplete.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home and at other times at 216 S. Hope St., Hampton.

FRANK BROOKS

NEWPORT NEWS - Frank Brooks, 74, died Monday, June 19, at his home.

He was a native of Spartenburg, S.C., and a member of United House of Prayer.

Mr. Brooks is survived by a foster daughter, Shelia Baker of Newport News; and two brothers, Willie L. Brooks of Spartenburg and Pierce J. Brooks of Bakersville, Calif.

A funeral will be conducted at 9 p.m. Monday in United House of Prayer by Apostle Russell Fincher. Burial at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Pleasant Shade Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to assemble at 558 17th St by 8:15 p.m. Monday.

Mr. Browning was a native of Alexander, N.D., and had lived in Williamsburg for most of his life.

He was a retired Charles City County farmer.

Survivors include two daughters, Ethel Wray of Newport News and Ellen Giesecke of Dallas; a son, Ronald Browning of Homestead, Fla.; a sister, Bessie Ammons of Little Plymouth; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 28, in James River Baptist Church Cemetery by the Rev. Tommy R. Speight.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the James River Baptist Church Memorial Fund.

Bucktrout Funeral Home is in charge.

INFANT CHANDLER

HAMPTON - Reginald Mitchell Chandler, infant son of Reginald C. Mitchell and Mary Chandler of Hampton, died Friday, June 23, in Sentara Hampton General Hospital.

He was born in Hampton.

Other survivors include a brother, Darius Chandler of Hampton; his maternal grandmother, Elsie Chandler of Hampton; maternal great-grandmother, Annie T. Perrin of Yorktown; and his paternal grandmother, Emma Hargrove of Hampton.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Hampton Memorial Gardens by the Rev. William N. Ward Jr.

She is survived by two daughters, Bertha Ashley of Little Plymouth and Lucille C. Prince of West Point; two sons, Walter L. Crowe and Joseph P. Crowe, both of West Point; a sister, Grace Lee Carlton of Little Plymouth; a brother, George W. Carlton, also of Little Plymouth; nine grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Vincent Funeral Home, West Point. Burial will be in Smyrna Baptist Church Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.

The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to the Smyrna Cemetery Fund or West Point Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad Inc.

A native of Albemarle, N.C., Mr. Cox was a Peninsula resident for 40 years and was a member of Grace Fellowship Church.

He retired from the City of Newport News' Parks and Recreation Department in 1988.

Survivors include his wife, Rachel Traywick Cox; one daughter, Patricia Higgins of Newport News; three sons, Andy Cox and James Cox of Hampton, and Glen Cox of Newport News; one sister, Ruth Culp of Newport News; one half-brother, Ernest Cox of Charlotte, N.C.; and five grandchildren.